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Abstract: A search for a new scalar resonance decaying to a pair of Z bosons is performed in the mass range from 130 GeV to 3 TeV, and for various width scenarios. The analysis is based on proton-proton collisions recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC in 2016, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb?1 at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV. The Z boson pair decays are reconstructed using the 4?, 2?2q, and 2?2? final states, where ? = e or ?. Both gluon fusion and electroweak production of the scalar resonance are considered, with a free parameter describing their relative cross sections. A dedicated categorization of events, based on the kinematic properties of associated jets, and matrix element techniques are employed for an optimal signal and background separation. A description of the interference between signal and background amplitudes for a resonance of an arbitrary width is included. No significant excess of events with respect to the standard model expectation is observed and limits are set on the product of the cross section for a new scalar boson and the branching fraction for its decay to ZZ for a large range of masses and widths.
Fuente: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol. 2018, Num. 06, Art. Num. 127
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Publication date: 25/06/2018
No. of pages: 54
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2018)127
ISSN: 1126-6708,1029-8479
Publication Url: https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2018)127
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SIRUNYAN, A. M.
JOSE IBAN CABRILLO BARTOLOME
ALICIA CALDERON TAZON
BARBARA CHAZIN QUERO
JORGE DUARTE CAMPDERROS
MARCOS FERNANDEZ GARCIA
PEDRO JOSE FERNANDEZ MANTECA
JUAN GARCIA FERRERO
ANDREA GARCIA ALONSO
GERVASIO GOMEZ GRAMUGLIO
MARIA AMPARO LOPEZ VIRTO
JESUS MARCO DE LUCAS
CELSO MARTINEZ RIVERO
PABLO MARTINEZ RUIZ DEL ARBOL
FRANCISCO MATORRAS WEINIG
JONATAN PIEDRA GOMEZ
CEDRIC GERALD PRIEELS
MARIA TERESA RODRIGO ANORO
ALBERTO RUIZ JIMENO
LUCA SCODELLARO
NICOLO TREVISANI
IVAN VILA ALVAREZ
ROCIO VILAR CORTABITARTE
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